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Table 4 The difference in mortality between the physical activity (PA) and insufficient PA groups according to cause of death

From: Mortality and cause of death in physical activity and insufficient physical activity participants: a longitudinal follow-up study using a national health screening cohort

Cause of death

Total participants

PA(n = 167,413)

Insufficient PA (n = 167,413)

Odds ratio (95% CI)

P-value

All-cause death (n,%)

5483 (100.0)

6781 (100.0)

0.80 (0.77–0.83)

< 0.001*

Infection (n,%)

110 (2.0)

142 (2.1)

0.78 (0.60–0.99)

0.057

Neoplasm (n,%)

2425 (44.2)

2781 (41.0)

0.87 (0.82–0.92)

< 0.001*

Metabolic disease (n,%)

165 (3.0)

202 (3.0)

0.82 (0.67–1.00)

0.063

Mental disease (n,%)

33 (0.6)

71 (1.1)

0.47 (0.31–0.70)

0.001*

Neurologic disease (n,%)

110 (2.0)

155 (2.3)

0.71 (0.56–0.91)

0.010*

Circulatory disease (n,%)

1011 (18.4)

1311 (19.3)

0.77 (0.71–0.84)

< 0.001*

Respiratory disease (n,%)

372 (6.8)

567 (8.4)

0.66 (0.58–0.75)

< 0.001*

Digestive disease (n,%)

171 (3.1)

215 (3.2)

0.80 (0.65–0.97)

0.036*

Muscular disease (n,%)

30 (0.6)

35 (0.5)

0.86 (0.53–1.40)

0.535

Genitourinary disease (n,%)

79 (1.4)

87 (1.3)

0.91 (0.67–1.23)

0.535

Abnormal finding (n,%)

283 (5.2)

365 (5.4)

0.78 (0.66–0.91)

0.002*

Trauma (n,%)

669 (12.2)

801 (11.8)

0.84 (0.75–0.93)

0.002*

Others (n,%)

25 (0.5)

49 (0.7)

0.51 (0.32–0.83)

0.009*

  1. Abbreviation: PA physical activity
  2. * Chi-square test. Significance at false discovery rate-adjusted P < 0.05